Identification of likely foraging habitat of pelagic loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) in the North Atlantic through analysis of telemetry track sinuosity

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 86, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 224-231

  McCarthy, Abigail L ^a   Heppell, Selina ^a   Royer, Francois ^b   Freitas, Carla ^c,d   Dellinger, Thomas ^c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MADEIRA   (Portugal)

^d Polar Environmental Center   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRIC FEATURES; CARETTA; CHLOROPHYLL A; CHLOROPHYLL CONCENTRATION; CHLOROPHYLL-A CONCENTRATION; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL CHARACTERISTIC; GENERALIZED LINEAR MODEL; GEOSTROPHIC CURRENTS; HABITAT PREFERENCES; HAZARDOUS AREA; LOGGERHEAD TURTLES; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NORTH ATLANTIC; OCEAN DEPTH; PORTUGAL; RELATIVE RISKS; SATELLITE TRANSMITTERS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SEA TURTLES; STANDARD DEVIATION; STRAIGHT LINES; TIME SPENT;

BATHYMETRY; CHLOROPHYLL; CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; OCEAN CURRENTS; PORPHYRINS; STATISTICS; TRANSMITTERS;

ANIMALS;

BATHYMETRY; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIOTELEMETRY; CHLOROPHYLL A; CONSERVATION PLANNING; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MOVEMENT; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; RISK ASSESSMENT; SATELLITE DATA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEAMOUNT; TAGGING; TRACKING; TURTLE; UPWELLING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); MADEIRA; PORTUGAL;

ANIMALIA; CARETTA; CARETTA CARETTA; TESTUDINES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77957126452     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2010.04.009     Document Type: Article

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